Can default rates in colposcopy really be reduced?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-408

  Balasubramani, L ^a   Orbell, S ^b   Hagger, M ^c   Brown, V ^d   Tidy, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Colposcopy; Default; Psychology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SMOKING; TRAVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLPOSCOPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 38049036857     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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